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Originally posted by Darkblack
I feel I do have a right to be offended. I have the right to express that I am offended. If not for people being offended there would be no counter to KKK marches and the Dixie Chics wouldn't get bad press.
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You read it incorrectly, I believe. It states that you do not have the right to never be offended, meaning that just because you are offended doesn't mean that whatever offends you should be banned/killed/jailed.
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Originally posted by Darkblack
So what do you suggest we do with our homeless and less fortunate? Let them die in the street? How do I explain to my kids that we should show compassion to each other as we step over dead bodies?
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The government does a horrible job of managing funds and setting up food/housing projects for the disadvantaged. The extra money that you will have (from not giving it to the government), you can distribute to charities which you feel are competant and do some good. This article isn't about "to hell with the poor, long live the wealthy!" -- it's about choice.
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Low-income people give a larger % to charity than do the wealthy.
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I'd really like to see some numbers on this, because it seems incredibly untrue to me. When I worked at Gage Marketing, the owner gave several times more money to the Red Cross (after 9/11) than all other employee contributions combined. I can't imagine the poor giving a larger percentage of their liquid income to charity than those who can afford to do so. Stats please.
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Originally posted by Darkblack
Free health care would actually be cheaper for us as a country than what we have now. The only losers would be health insurance companies but they could always just do life and other insurance instead.
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According to Daschel, it would be almost $950 billion. That doesn't sound very cheap to me. It's nice of you to provide other options for health insurance companies though.
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Originally posted by Darkblack
I agree with this other than the fact that depending on where you live will decide the quality of the education you get. When inner city kids get the same education those wealthy communities can provide for their kids this will be an argument with validation.
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Hint: Wealthy kids do not go to public schools.
Public schools everywhere are more incompetant than private schools, and it shows. Tossing more money at public schools will not fix them, only taking a cue from private schools will.